Israel, Palestinians agree to 2nd round of talks

Israel, Palestinians agree to 2nd round of talks: Israeli and Palestinian leaders decided Thursday to produce a structure for a enduring peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this month, a self-effacing achievement reached among deep skepticism about achievement at their first such meeting in two years.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will meet once more on Sept. 14 and 15 in the Middle East, likely at the Egyptian Red Sea option of Sharm el-Sheik, with an eye in the direction of forging the outline of a deal that could lead to a final accord in a year's time.

The United States' special Mideast representative George Mitchell announced the concord after several hours of talks between Netanyahu and Abbas at the State Department at which the two leaders vow to work through the region's deeply deep-seated mutual hostility and suspicion to resolve the long-running conflict.


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Obama, Netanyahu condemn killings as talks open

Aperture Mideast talks just after fresh aggression, President Barack Obama on Wednesday warn militant Hamas that the United States and its allies won't be stopped up in their pursuit of peace by the acts of terrorists.

Status with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Obama condemned the killings on Tuesday of four Israelis who were shot while traveling near the West Bank city of Hebron. Hamas, which discards Israel's right to exist and oppose peace talks, claimed accountability.

"I want everybody to be very clear," Obama said. "The United States is going to be untiring in its support of Israel's sanctuary. And we are going to push back against these kinds of terrorist attacks. And so the message should go out to Hamas and everyone else who is taking thanks for these heinous crimes that this is not going to stop us."

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Peace this time? Israel, Palestinians to talk

Plummeting into the Palestinians Mideast peacemaker's position that has beaten so many U.S. leaders, leader Barack Obama on Friday invited Israel and the Palestinians to try anew in face-to-face talks for a significant accord to establish a self-governing Palestinian state and secure peace for Israel.

Negotiations put on hold two years ago will resume Sept. 2 in Washington, escritoire of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for banquet the night previous to.

The aim: a deal in a year's time on the toughest matters that have sunken preceding negotiations, as well as the borders of a new Palestinian state and the fate of disputed Jerusalem, maintained as a holy capital by both peoples.

"There have been difficulty in the past, there will be difficulty ahead," Clinton said. "with no a doubt, we will hit more obstacles."

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